Weimar offers a unique combination of art and culture and countless opportunities to discover the city's culture. Walk in the footsteps of the famous composers Johann Sebastian
Bach, Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, the influential poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, or walk around the enchanting old town. No wonder people say Weimar has personality.
Its countless famous residents and large number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites give the city a distinctive flair that simply has to be experienced to be believed.Therefore it is said Weimar has personality due to its numerous
famous inhabitants and a large amount of UNESCO world heritage sights that create an extraordinary flair you have to experience yourself.

Palaces and parks, museums and monuments- the list of
Weimars sights is splendidly long. Small but great: museums, palaces, parks and gardens- to discover Weimar's past means discover Germany's history. To visit every museum in Weimar – you need a
lot of time. In a city of 65.000 inhabitants we have more than 20 museums.

Weimar has as many as two entries in UNESCO’s World HeritageList: Classical Weimar and Bauhaus Sites in Weimar.

The Park on the River Ilmis a place for
intellectual activity, relaxation and entertainment - both in the past and the present. Goethe sought the closeness to nature - and found it.

Goethe National MuseumGoethe's Home and the Goethe National Museum on Frauenplan provide the most important evidence of the Weimar classics.
Goethe spent 50 years of his life here. Shortly after the death of Goethe’s last grandson Walther, Goethe’s historic house and his art and nature collections passed on to the trusteeship of the
Goethe National Museum, founded in 1885. Two museum buildings were built in 1913 and 1935 to accommodate the steadily growing collection. The Goethe National Museum is situated in the same building as Goethe's
Home.

The Bauhaus-Museumdisplays a selection of the
collection of works by the Bauhaus that was founded in Weimar in 1919 and caused a worldwide furore in design and architecture. The Bauhaus Museum Weimar with its exhibition of more than 300
objects offers insights into the development of the State Bauhaus in the place in which it was founded, namely in Weimar. TheAm Horn Houseby Georg Muche is the only example
of Bauhaus architecture in Weimar and was built in connection with the first major Bauhaus exhibition in 1923.

The City Palaceis a magnificent ducal
residence and houses the former grand-ducal art collection dating from the Middle Ages until Modernity around 1900.The sumptuous rooms of
thePalace Museumare just as impressive as the collection of first-class European art spanning the period from the Middle Ages and the Reformation to
the beginning of the twentieth century. The building was once the seat of government and residence of dukes and grand dukes.

Anna Amalia Bibliothek (Historical Library)Anna Amalia had the ‘Green Palace’ turned into a library comprising a unique combination of books, an art collection and architecture. The Rococo Hall is especially famous. After the
library was hit by a devastating fire in September 2004, it was reopened in December 2007 as the jewel of Weimar's museums. The Rokoko hall at the Herzogin (historical library) that once again
gleams in new splendour. There are one million volumes at the new and old library.

Goethe-Schiller ArchiveModelled on the Petit Trianon in the Park of Versailles, Grand Duchess Sophie had
the oldest literature archive in Germany built to preserve handwritten manuscripts by Goethe and Schiller. The stocks in the library are made available for research purposes – either in the
original or as a copy on film.

Buchenwald memorialis an important venue to recall the
crimes committed during the Nazi period. 500,000 visitors come here every year. The infamous Nazi concentration camp known as Buchenwald existed between 1937 and 1945 on
Ettersberg.

Municipal MuseumWeimar Town Museum in Bertuch House shows the history of Weimar in the time from 1919. The rooms on the ground floor are
occasionally open for the various exhibitions and public lectures organised by the museum’s Association of Friends and Patrons.